Uber Cup: China lifts 15th title: The Chinese women’s badminton team on Sunday defeated Japan in the final match of the Uber Cup 2020. With this win, China have claimed its 15th title after playing 19 finals.
The pivot of their victory was Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan’s astounding two-hour ultramarathon against Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto, during which the Chinese weathered stormy waters to sail the ship to safety. In the first match on Sunday, China went down as Chen Yu Fei lost the match 21-18, 21-10 against world number five Akane Yamaguchi.
China in the Uber Cup:
1984:🥇GOLD
1986:🥇GOLD
1988:🥇GOLD
1990:🥇GOLD
1992:🥇GOLD
1994:🥈SILVER
1996:🥈SILVER
1998:🥇GOLD
2000:🥇GOLD
2002:🥇GOLD
2004:🥇GOLD
2006:🥇GOLD
2008:🥇GOLD
2010:🥈SILVER
2012:🥇GOLD
2014:🥇GOLD
2016:🥇GOLD
2018:🥉BRONZE
2020: 🥇GOLD#UberCup2020— Badminton Talk (@BadmintonTalk) October 16, 2021
China win 15th title: China turned the tables in the women’s doubles match as the Chinese pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan beat Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto by 29-27, 15-21, 21-18.
Uber Cup: Yamaguchi wins but China continue dominance pipping Japan to bag 15th Uber Cup title
In the third match, shuttler He Bing Jiao put up another impressive performance to grab a 21-9, 21-18 win over Sayaka Takahashi.
China sealed the title 3-1 when Huang Dong Ping and Li Wen Mei defeated Misaki Matsutomo and Nami Matsuyama 24-22, 23-21 in another closely-contested doubles match.
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